Thread: band recommendations A-Z

recommend bands (rappers/musicians/groups/whatever) to others, one band per each letter of the alphabet. if you can't think of a good band for a certain letter, leave it blank. please try to put what genre the artist(s) play(s).

A: atmosphere (underground hip hop)
B: buena vista social club (latin)
C: candiria (jazz/sludge metal/metalcore)
D: dark tranquility (melodeath)
E: elliott smith (indie)
F: the fall of troy (progressive post-hardcore)
G: gackt (j-rock)
H: hella (instrumental mathrock)
I: indian summer (emo)
J: jaga jazzist (nu-jazz/electronica/experimental)
K: knapsack (post-emo indie rock)
L: the lyndsay diaries (pop-rock)
M: minus the bear (indie rock [with a jazzy twang])
N: no knife (alt.rock/post-emo indie rock)
O: open hand (stoner rock--'you and me' album)
P: paria (mathcore)
Q: q and not u (indie rock)
R: razed in black (industrial)
S: saetia (screamo)
T: thursday (post-hardcore)
U: underoath (metalcore/death metal [influence] 'cries of the past' and 'an act of depression' album)
V: victor wooten (jazz)
W: warsawpack (jazz/hip hop/funk/rock)
X: xiu xiu (indie/noise/experimental)
Y: yaphet kotto (screamo)
Z: zolof the rock and roll destroyer (indiepop/indietronica)

A:Audioslave
B:Bob Dylan
C:Coheed and Cambria
D: Disturbed
E:Eric Clapton
F:Foo Fighters
G:Green Day(pre-American Idiot)
H:Helmet
I:Iggy Pop
J:Jimi Hendrix
K:Korn
L:Led Zeppelin
M:Modest Mouse
N:Neil Young
O:Offspring
P:Pink Floyd
Q:Queen
R:Radiohead
S:Smashing Pumpkins
T:Tool
U:U2(before 1990)
V:Velvet Underground
W:White Stripes
X:
Y:Yankovic,Weird Al
Z:Zombie,White
That's my best go at it

A: Aquabats, the (ska/rock/superhero)
B: Belle & Sebastian (7pieceIndie)
C: Cherry Cokes, the (Celtrock via Japan)
D: Dispatch (alt-rock)
E: Elvis Costello (punk/ska/rock)
F: Flaming Lips, the (indierock)
G: Gym Class Heroes (indie hip-hop)
H: Herbie Hancock (jazz)
I: Ima Robot (altrock)
J: Jack Johnson (soft rock)
K: Killers, the (pop rock)
L: Less Than Jake (pop/ska)
M: (Toots &) Maytals, the (reggae)
N: Nirvana (grunge)
O: Oasis (pop rock)
P: Pepper (alt rock)
Q: ....Queen. (rock)
R: R.E.M (rock)
S: Sublime (ska)
T: Taking Back Sunday (emo... >_>;
U: U2 (stadium rock)
V: Van Morrison (buncha genres)
W: Whole Wheat Bread (punk)
X: X (alternative)
Y: Yellowcard (emo/stadium)
Z: Zwan (rock)

melo-death, black, viking, heavy, death all have "metal" tacked onto it.

A - Amon Amarth (melo-death/viking)
B - Bathory (black/viking)
C - Carpathian Forest (black)
D - Death (death)
E - Emperor (black)
F - Flogging Molly (Irish punk band)
G - Galadriel (melo-death, I think)
H -
I - In Flames (melo-death)
J - Judas Priest (heavy)
K - Kataklysm (death)
L - Led Zepplin
M - Morbid Angel (death)
N - Nobuo Uematsu - he's the composer for FF
O - Opeth (black)
P - Pillows, the - J-rock
Q - Queen
R -
S - Satyricon (black)
T - Tsjuder (black)
U -
V - Vornagar (melo-death)
W -
X - Xasthur - Ambient Black Metal (not a big fan of it)
Y - Yasunori Mitsuda - composer for Chrono Trigger/Chross
Z - Zao (Christian metal)

Hahha nice. I am famous!
Anyway, as to reply to your post on the Evil Empire, my thread was about the favourite bands for each alphabet. It just happens that my favourites for each are post rockers, as I do enjoy post rock more than other genres.


Eric

haha. that was you? cool... awesome idea, btw.

my post wasn't at all directed to you though, but some other posters.

OK, I'll give it a crack..

A: Amen (heavy rock)
B: Broken Social Scene (... nice)
C: Crowded House (awesome NZ band)
D: Deftones (rock)
E: Eric Clapton (classical guitar)
F: Faith No More (all sorts. Largely heavy rock)
G: Goodshirt (another cool NZ band - first album > the second, tho)
H: Hootie and the Blowfish (...easy listening?)
I: Interpol (Some British thing, I think)
J: Jurassic 5 (hip hop)
K: KMFDM (weird german industrial group)
L: Gonna have to put Led Zeppelin
M: My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult (what do you call this? they have a different style on each album)
N: Neil Young (hate to use him twice, but it's late. He's the singer from Crowded House)
O: Offspring (be sure it's Smash or earlier...)
P: Portishead (atmospheric dub?)
Q: Queens of the Stone Age (heavy rock)
R: Rammstein (heavy rock / industrial. Last album was pretty poor tho...)
S: Stone Temple Pilots (rock)
T: Tool (heavy rock. awesome. My favourite band!)
U: ... U2
V: ?
W: Weezer (you know them)
X: XVirus (metal)
Y: Yule (my mate)
Z: ?

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Valleyman

N:Neil Young

Awesome! Where you from?

Nice to see the variety in a few of those letters.... I get a feeling some people will just go for bands they don't really like, just to fill the gaps I've got a few clues that's the case...

Originally Posted by ducttaperofdoom

X - Xasthur - Ambient Black Metal (not a big fan of it)

A: A.F.I. (goth punk)
B: Bullet For My Valentine (metal)
C: Coheed and Cambria (prog. rock/emo)
D: DragonForce (metal)
E: Editors, The (rock)
F: Funeral For A Friend (rock/emo)
G: Gackt (j-rock)
H: Head Automatica (pop rock)
I: InMe (rock/emo)
J: Jimmy Eat World (rock/emo)
K: Kent (swedish rock)
L: lostprophets (alternative rock)
M: Muse (rock)
N: Nural (rock)
O: Our Lady Peace (emo/rock)
P: Panic! at the Disco (emo/ pop rock)
Q: Queens of the Stone Age (rock)
R: Return, The (pop punk)
S: Sonic Boom Six (punk)
T: Tsunami Bomb (punk)
U: Used, The (emo)
V: Vex Red (rock/emo)
W: We Are Scientists (pop rock)
X:
Y: Yellowcard (rock)
Z:

A - Amon Amarth
B - Beatles
C - Children of Bodom
D - Death
E - Eagles
F - Fantomas
G - Gorgoroth
H - Hammerfall
I - Iron Maiden
J - Judas Priest
K - Kreator
L - Labyrinth
M - Metallica
N - Nile
O - Opeth
P - Pink Floyd
Q - Quo Vadis
R - Radiohead
S - Slayer
T - Tool
U - Unleashed
V - Vader
W - Witchery
X -
Y -
Z -

A - A Perfect Circle
B - Boney M
C -
D - Def Leppard
E - Elton John
F -
G - Guns 'n Roses
H -
I - Iron Maiden
J -
K - Korn
L - Liquido
M - Miyavi
N - Nirvana
O -
P - Placebo!!
Q -
R - R.E.M.
S - Siddharta
T - The Mars Volta
U - Underoath
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -


Lots of empty lines <_<;;